I think asymmetrical taper has established itself as far as shape as being the way to go. Spine and FOC we don't seem to have conclusive results in yet. My belief is that a bow shooting 235 fps should be hitting 430 yards consistently even with 200 grain arrows if all things are right. So a 350 yard shot even though a good shot would not necessarily reflect a best design. I have hit 380 yards with a mediocre bow yet tend to hover around the 300 mark with much faster bows. This has to be due to arrow shelf design and or arrow design and possibly archers release.
Really? Don't the hornbow guys shoot arrows barreled with the turkish style? Skinny point, thick nock end. This is assymmetrical taper too, but thats not what i think you meant.
I notice there are two camps in arrow design, wood bowyers and horn bowyers... hmm.
I just made 15 more shafts, 6,2mm-7mm thick 24" arrows for 50# class and 6,4mm-7,5mm thick 23" for unlimited. Spine is a tricky thing indeed, that is why i like to try all spines. In past two weeks, i've made 48 flight arrows, some of them are remakes of old shafts, but still.
